2010 Catalog: All Courses

The purpose of this course is to train dentists to teach EF-Basic Restorative in their local facility or within an IHS Area. The course consists of completing pre-course work and post-course work, and teaching an actual EF-Basic Restorative course for dental assistants. PowerPoint presentations and teaching aids will be provided to all course participants to facilitate teaching activities.

Pre-course requirements involve learning about adult education and expectations of being an EF-Basic Restorative Instructor. The pre-course work will be presented through a series of WebEx sessions, and will prepare the participants to teach a segment of the EF-Basic Restorative course.

Post-course requirements involve presenting a minimum of two CDE staff development sessions and one EF-Basic Restorative course at the SU or Area before July 1, 2011. Dr. Terry Haney or Michael Kincaid will assist teaching during the SU or Area EF-Basic Restorative course, and will offer feedback as well as sign off on EF-Basic Restorative Instructor competencies.

Completion of this course will certify you to teach dental assistants and provide continuing education through the Division of Oral Health CDE program. It will also enhance your CV/Resume with dental activities outside your normal service unit duties.

Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:
1. Apply the concepts of adult education in teaching situations.
2. Plan and teach didactic and lab sessions according to IHS EF-Basic course curriculum.
3. Explain cavity classifications, oral anatomy, placement and finishing of dental materials used in operative dentistry.
4. Teach how to place and carve Class I, II, V amalgam restorations, and Class III, and V composite restorations.
5. Apply the criteria from IHS-Basic Restorative curriculum to determine what is acceptable and unacceptable in evaluating and grading alloy and composite restorations.
6. Provide constructive feedback to dental assistants to enhance learning.
7. Communicate with Dental Chiefs regarding expectations of dental assistants before and after taking EF-Basic Restorative course.

Terry Haney — For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at haney@sisna.com.

David Collier — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at david.collier@ihs.gov.

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THOMAS REESE — Personal Description / Biography not available. For follow-up questions, please contact the speaker at thomas.reese@ihs.gov.

It is the policy of the Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, that faculty/planners disclose any financial or other relationships with commercial companies whose products may be discussed in the educational activity. The Indian Health Service, Division of Oral Health, also requires that faculty disclose any unlabeled or investigative use of pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Images that have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes are prohibited.

None of the faculty/planners for this activity has a conflict of interest, and there is no use of unlabeled or investigative pharmaceutical products or medical devices. No images have been falsified or manipulated to misrepresent treatment outcomes.The educational objectives, content, and selection of educational methods and instructors are conducted independent of any commercial entity.

The IHS Division of Oral Health is an accredited sponsor of continuing education under the American Dental Association Continuing Education Recognition Program (CERP). ADA CERP is a service of the American Dental Association to assist dental professionals in identifying quality providers of continuing dental education. ADA CERP does not approve or endorse individual courses or instructors, nor does it imply acceptance of credit hours by boards of dentistry. Concerns or complaints about a CE provider may be directed to the IHS at IHS CDE Coordinator or to the Commission for Continuing Education Provider Recognition at CCEPR.ada.org

Participants must submit a letter from their immediate supervisor, Dental Chief, or program administrator authorizing the time to complete EF-Basic Restorative Instructor’s Course. Furthermore, the letter needs to include approval of financial support to fund travel, purchase materials and supplies, and to host EF-Basic Restorative courses in their facility.

Please Make Checks Payable to: Clinical Support Center

Attention: Gigi Holmes

40 North Central Avenue, Suite 780

Phoenix, AZ 85004

Tuition must be paid in full 8 weeks prior to the start date of any course. Request for refunds must be received in writing at least two weeks before the course begins. For each refund request, there will be an administrative charge of $100. No refunds will be made to registrants who fail to attend a course. If IHS CDE program cancels a course, then 100% of the tuition will be refunded.